CLINTON, Miss. --- The Mississippi College men's basketball team will travel to Huntsville, Ala. to complete a home-and-home series against UAH on Thursday night. Tip-off in Spragins Hall is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
The Choctaws will then head to Cleveland, Tenn. on Saturday to face Lee University at 3:00 p.m. (Central).
GAME INFORMATION
Matchup: Mississippi College (4-12, 1-10 GSC) at UAH (14-5, 7-4 GSC)
Date: Thursday, January 31st, 2019
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Huntsville, Ala. | Spragins Hall
Matchup: Mississippi College (4-13, 1-11 GSC at Lee (11-9, 8-4 GSC)
Date: Saturday, February 2nd, 2019
Time: 3:00 p.m. (Central)
Location: Cleveland, Tenn. | Paul Dana Walker Arena
SCOUTING MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE
The Choctaws are led by 15th-year head coach
Don Lofton, who has posted a career record of 217-166 (.565). He is joined on the bench by first-year assistant coach
Alex Ainsworth and former Choctaw
Otis Harvey as a graduate assistant.
Sophomore
Dyllan Taylor (11.1 ppg) scored a team-high 17 on Thursday against UAH, giving him five straight games with double-figures. He is averaging 14.0 points over that stretch and shooting 52% from the field.
Junior
Brandon Boston (14.6 ppg, 6.0 rpg) leads the team in scoring and rebounding and has put up double-figure points in 16-of-17 games. Senior
Marcus Lytle (12.6 ppg) is also averaging in double-figures and leads the team with 11 blocked shots. Juniors
Scot Hundt (4.5 ppg) and
Tre Jenkins (9.1 ppg) are each shooting 38% from the three-point line this season.
SCOUTING UAH
The Chargers are led by 22nd-year head coach Lennie Acuff, who has led his team to five wins in the last six contests.The one loss was a one-point decision at home against West Alabama.
Sophomore Sam Orf (13.9 ppg) is the team's leading scorer, shooting 45% from the three-point line. Sophomore JJ Kaplan (12.4 ppg) leads the squad with 7.4 rebounds per game, while Seth Swalve (11.3 ppg) has a team-best 75 assists and is shooting 55% from the field. Malik Cook-Stroupe (8.8 ppg) put up 15 points oin 6-of-7 shhooting in Saturday's win over the Choctaws.
SCOUTING LEE
The Flames are led by 3rd-year head coach Bubba Smith, who has posted a 38-38 record in his tenure with the Flames. Lee is currently tied for 3rd in the GSC standings, but they are coming off a 70-56 loss to Delta State on January 26th.
Colton Blevins (14.7 ppg) is the team's leading scorer this season, shooting 53% from the floor, while Ryan Montgomery (14.0) is shooting 63% and has a team-high 6.3 rebounds per game. Michael McGuirk (11.0 ppg) is also averaging in double-figures but missed his first game of the season against DSU.
GAME NOTES
This will be the 15th all-time meeting between UAH and MC with the series being tied at 7-7.
The Choctaws won the first six contests between the two schools and the Chargers went on to win the next five.
In last Saturday's contest, MC shot 51% from the field, but the Chargers shot 68% in an 87-68 road victory for UAH.
This will be the 9th all-time meeting between Lee and MC with the series being tied at 4-4.
Both teams have split four meetings in Clinton and in Cleveland with the Flames picking up a 74-64 victory in Mississippi on January 24th.
Colton Blevins scored a game-high 21 points, while Ryan Montgomery added 15. Lee shot 61% from the floor in the victory.
Mississippi College is a private Christian university located in Clinton, Mississippi with an enrollment of over 5,000 students. MC recently finished their transition process back to NCAA Division II and the Gulf South Conference and will be competing for conference and national championships in the 2016-17 academic year.
The athletic department sponsors 17 intercollegiate athletic programs: Baseball, Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's and Women's Cross Country, Football, Golf, Men's and Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field and Volleyball.
For more information on Mississippi College athletics, please contact
David Nichols at 601-925-3234 or
nichols@mc.edu.
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